Hi Everyone,
I have an exciting personal update to share with all of you. Today, I am joining Quora as Chief Financial Officer. I have shared more information on my Quora personal blog[1].
Once I decided to accept this role, I shared the news with Christophe as chair of the Board and Katherine as ED, both in the interest of full disclosure and to flag any potential conflicts of interest. Stephen LaPorte and Michelle Paulson, as interim Secretary of the Board and Foundation’s General Counsel, reviewed the new position and concluded there are no existing conflicts. After reviewing the bylaws, we’re confident we can properly manage any that may arise.
As some of you may know, Jimmy Wales has a small investment in Quora. I was not personally aware of this during this process. As I learned of it during the conflict of interest review, I wanted to share that information and clarify there was no connection.
I’m very excited about this next chapter in my professional life. I sincerely look forward to the opportunity to learn more about another passionate community, while continuing my commitment to serve Wikimedia as a Foundation Trustee over the years ahead. This service has been a true honor, thank you for support.
Best, Kelly Battles *Member, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees*
Congratulations on your new role, Kelly. Warmly, /a
On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Kelly Battles kbattles@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I have an exciting personal update to share with all of you. Today, I am joining Quora as Chief Financial Officer. I have shared more information
on
my Quora personal blog[1].
Once I decided to accept this role, I shared the news with Christophe as chair of the Board and Katherine as ED, both in the interest of full disclosure and to flag any potential conflicts of interest. Stephen
LaPorte
and Michelle Paulson, as interim Secretary of the Board and Foundation’s General Counsel, reviewed the new position and concluded there are no existing conflicts. After reviewing the bylaws, we’re confident we can properly manage any that may arise.
As some of you may know, Jimmy Wales has a small investment in Quora. I was not personally aware of this during this process. As I learned of it during the conflict of interest review, I wanted to share that
information
and clarify there was no connection.
I’m very excited about this next chapter in my professional life. I sincerely look forward to the opportunity to learn more about another passionate community, while continuing my commitment to serve Wikimedia
as
a Foundation Trustee over the years ahead. This service has been a true honor, thank you for support.
Best, Kelly Battles *Member, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees*
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Welcome, Kelly, and thanks for the information!
Warm regards, Scott
On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Anna Stillwell astillwell@wikimedia.org wrote:
Congratulations on your new role, Kelly. Warmly, /a
On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Kelly Battles kbattles@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I have an exciting personal update to share with all of you. Today, I
am
joining Quora as Chief Financial Officer. I have shared more
information
on
my Quora personal blog[1].
Once I decided to accept this role, I shared the news with Christophe
as
chair of the Board and Katherine as ED, both in the interest of full disclosure and to flag any potential conflicts of interest. Stephen
LaPorte
and Michelle Paulson, as interim Secretary of the Board and
Foundation’s
General Counsel, reviewed the new position and concluded there are no existing conflicts. After reviewing the bylaws, we’re confident we can properly manage any that may arise.
As some of you may know, Jimmy Wales has a small investment in Quora. I was not personally aware of this during this process. As I learned of
it
during the conflict of interest review, I wanted to share that
information
and clarify there was no connection.
I’m very excited about this next chapter in my professional life. I sincerely look forward to the opportunity to learn more about another passionate community, while continuing my commitment to serve Wikimedia
as
a Foundation Trustee over the years ahead. This service has been a true honor, thank you for support.
Best, Kelly Battles *Member, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees*
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Hi Kelly,
You have left the hard tech world to join the world of collaboration and co-creation. First as a volunteer board member of the Wikimedia Foundation, and today as salaried employee of Quora, a site that co-creates answers to questions. Quite some active Wikimedians are also active on Quora.
What I know about you is that you want to give the development of a new strategic multi year plan for Wikimedia a push. I wonder in which ways Wikimedia and Quora can reinforce each other. Some day you will give me answer.
For now, thanks for the disclosure, and good luck in your new job!
Warm regards,
Ad
On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 9:24 PM, Kelly Battles kbattles@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I have an exciting personal update to share with all of you. Today, I am joining Quora as Chief Financial Officer. I have shared more information
on
my Quora personal blog[1].
Once I decided to accept this role, I shared the news with Christophe as chair of the Board and Katherine as ED, both in the interest of full disclosure and to flag any potential conflicts of interest. Stephen
LaPorte
and Michelle Paulson, as interim Secretary of the Board and Foundation’s General Counsel, reviewed the new position and concluded there are no existing conflicts. After reviewing the bylaws, we’re confident we can properly manage any that may arise.
As some of you may know, Jimmy Wales has a small investment in Quora. I was not personally aware of this during this process. As I learned of it during the conflict of interest review, I wanted to share that
information
and clarify there was no connection.
I’m very excited about this next chapter in my professional life. I sincerely look forward to the opportunity to learn more about another passionate community, while continuing my commitment to serve Wikimedia
as
a Foundation Trustee over the years ahead. This service has been a true honor, thank you for support.
Best, Kelly Battles *Member, Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees*
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Congratulations, Ms. Battles!
I recommend updating your biographical sketch on this page to reflect this, so that the information is available to future readers not currently subscribed to this mailing list: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees
A.
Yeah, there just might be a few of us around here who participate on Wikipedia and Quora both. Not that I'd know anyone like that. :)
Congratulations on the new position.
Todd
On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 7:46 PM, Asaf Bartov abartov@wikimedia.org wrote:
Congratulations, Ms. Battles!
I recommend updating your biographical sketch on this page to reflect this, so that the information is available to future readers not currently subscribed to this mailing list: https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Board_of_Trustees
A.
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